TABLE 4.

Diagnostic management of a patient with COPD by a male versus female physician

	Male physician	Female physician	p-value
Cases n	71	63
COPD diagnosis	69 (97)	62 (98)	0.631
Spirometry	71 (100)	63 (100)	1.0
Blood test	47(66)	50(79)	0.089
ECG	45(63)	47(74)	0.162
Exercise ECG	6(8)	9(14)	0.285
Echocardiography	8(11)	8(12)	0.799
O2 saturation levels	45(63)	45(71)	0.322
Sputum culture	0 (0)	2 (3)	0.130

Data are presented as n (%), unless otherwise stated.